What's Your Team's FoodMood?

We're on a Mission to Helping Empower Foodservice Teams for Employee Success. Are you ready to transform your team's engagement?

In the fast-paced world of foodservice, the heartbeat of every successful operation lies within its team. Yet, maintaining a vibrant, engaged, and committed workforce is an ongoing challenge that many in the industry face.

Who Are We and Why Do We Care?

Leveraging years of industry expertise, The Food Connector consistently witnessed the challenges of employee well-being and retention within the dynamic foodservice sector. As a seasoned marketing agency deeply rooted in this industry, our journey has led us to a groundbreaking partnership, introducing an invaluable tool designed to address these very issues. We’re thrilled to unveil a solution that promises not only significant savings for foodservice companies but also a pathway to a more satisfied and stable workforce. Join us in exploring how this innovative approach can transform your employee management strategy, fostering a thriving environment for your team. 

When Employee Well-Being Goes Ignored and Unmeasured, What's at Stake?

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The National Safety Council has collaborated with an independent research institution, NORC at the University of Chicago, to create a tool demonstrating the cost of employee mental health and illness for employers. 

Turnover is Expensive

Employee turnover due to mental distress costs companies $425 million annually.

Burnout Breeds Mistakes

Employees suffering from burnout are likely to cause 35,457 safety incidents due to mental distress.

Absenteeism Adds Up

Mental health-related absenteeism costs 1.6 million lost workdays each year.

Customer Loyalty Takes a Hit

Disengaged, stressed employees can impact customer satisfaction and loyalty, leading to potential revenue loss.

Training Costs Keep Piling Up

Job retraining due to turnover from mental distress adds up to $425 million annually.

Low Morale is Contagious

Poor mental health can lead to missed workdays, with over 1.1 million days skipped annually.

Bottom Line

When employee well-being is ignored, the costs add up fast. Mental distress alone is costing California businesses over $1.5 billion each year. More than 61,000 employees are leaving their jobs because of mental health challenges, leading to expensive rehiring and retraining processes. And with 1.6 million days of work missed due to mental illness, productivity takes a major hit—impacting not just your team but your bottom line and customer experience.

Investing in your employees’ well-being isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s essential for the success of your business.

*Severe psychological distress affected approximately 16.2 million working people in the previous 12 months and affected 10.6 million non-workers ages 12 to 65 years. NHSDA projects that 9.8 million working people experienced at least one major depressive episode in the prior year, and 7.0 million non-workers had a depressive episode. There were 13.4 million workers who had an alcohol or drug use disorder, 4.0 million of whom also had severe psychological distress. Among non-workers, 10.6 million had an alcohol or drug use disorder in the last year, 2.2 million of whom also had severe psychological distress.

Although 61% of people reporting severe psychological distress (and 58% of those reporting a major depressive episode in the last year) are part of the workforce, most employers are unaware of the hidden costs associated with these conditions. Workplaces bear significant costs due to absenteeism, increased healthcare expenses and turnover, and lost productivity.

This calculator combines the latest research on employment costs with public use data from the 2015 to 2019 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)1 a large government sponsored annual survey. The calculator shows the likely costs of untreated distress in your workforce. In addition, the calculator provides resources to support employers, employees’ and their families’ recovery.

What do most companies do?

Traditional feedback methods fail to capture the depth of employee sentiments.

One-size-fits-all well-being programs don’t meet real-time needs.

The industry often reacts to issues after they’ve escalated, rather than preventing them.

Broad solutions don’t address the specific needs of various teams.

Difficulty in measuring the direct impact of initiatives on employee well-being and stigma of sharing their mood and issues with employers.

A Better Approach!

Advanced feedback tools for comprehensive insight, making employees feel valued.

Offers adaptable, real-time programs tailored to current employee needs.

Identifies potential issues early through continuous feedback and mood tracking.

Provides customizable solutions based on detailed analytics for different teams.

Quantifies the effectiveness of well-being initiatives with clear metrics and visual reports with custom demographics and anonymous Self-ID for employees.

"What gets measured, gets managed"
- Peter Drucker

The Food Connector has teamed up with MH3 to offer a unique tool to help restaurants, foodservice distributors, and manufacturers enhance employee engagement and well-being, by providing actionable insights into team moods and fostering a positive work environment.

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